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A Daily Affirmation

Feed Your Head

TO: President George Bush

Puppet Masters

License to ddI

Longtime Companions: Tips For Two

You Sexy Thing

Indiana Jonesing

The Hanging CHAT

A Play In the Life

You Schmooze, You Lose

I Want My HIV

Speak Out

Once and Again

RetroPoz

Redemption Song

Art from the Heart

S.O.S: Mouth Off

Zen at Work

Three-Way

Lip-Locked

Suck It Up

Comfort Zone

His M.O. is Her N-0

Sean's Trough Luck

Soul Survivors

Dyke Strike

A Rage to Age

Blood Brothers

Mailbox

02.16.90 Radiant Baby

Milestones

Total Discord

Choosing Our Religion

Dogma & Devotion

The Brain Drain

Liver Lovers


Most Talked About

Has George W. Bush “Done More” to Fight AIDS Than Any Other President? (22)

Does Undetectable Equal Uninfectious? (21)

Are Millions Becoming HIV Positive Because Of ACT UP Paris? (Blog) (21)

Service Interruption: Jeremiah Johnson (12)

Stealing HIV Meds to Mix With Marijuana (11)

Most Popular Lessons

The HIV Life Cycle

Herpes Simplex Virus

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

Shingles

Syphilis & Neurosyphilis

Treatments for Opportunistic Infections (OIs)



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February / March 2001


Suck It Up

by Lark Lands

Got milk? The answer can now be a life-affirming yes for HIV positive mothers in developing countries who want to breast-feed their babies but avoid transmitting the virus. Thanks to a solar-powered Danish invention, breast milk can be made safe using an easy-to-learn pasteurizing process that deactivates not only HIV but disease-causing bacteria as well. At an estimated cost of only $100 annually, the gadget makes the possibility of nursing in HIV-plagued developing countries realistic, whereas the alternative for preventing mom-to-child transmission -- $6,000 to $12,000 worth of HAART for mothers annually -- is not. But there's more! As an added bonus, the pasteurized breast milk retains the mother's antibodies that are crucial for the infant's growing immune defense. The solar device can also be used to purify water, helping eliminate the waterborne infections that kill many Third-World wees. Outside of adding solar-powered popcorn to the mix, you can't beat it. Score three for the Danes.

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